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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Lamiaceae
|familia=Lamiaceae
|genus=Salvia
|genus=Salvia
|species=thymoides
|species=thymoides
|habit=herbaceous
|habit=shrub
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max ht box=10
|Max ht box=10
|exposure=sun
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|features=evergreen, flowers
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
}}
}}
'''''Salvia thymoides''''' is an evergreen perennial shrub native to a small region in Mexico on the border of [[Oaxaca]] and [[Puebla]] states, growing at elevations from {{convert|7000|ft|m}} to {{convert|9000|ft|m}}. Its native habitat is [[cloud forest]], with the mountains catching regular moisture in the form of fog and rain. The plant was named by the botanist [[George Bentham]] in 1833, with the specific epithet, ''thymoides'', referring to the small leaves which resemble those of [[thyme]]. It has a limited use in horticulture, introduced for the first time in the 1980s.<ref name="Clebsch">{{cite book|last=Clebsch|first=Betsy|coauthors=Carol D. Barner|title=The New Book of Salvias|publisher=Timber Press|date=2003|page=198|isbn=9780881925609|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA198}}</ref>
''Salvia thymoides'' is an upright plant that reaches {{convert|1|ft|m}} tall and wide, with grey-green {{convert|.25|in|cm}} leaves that are evergreen and profusely cover the plant. The {{convert|.5|in|cm}} flowers are purple-blue, and held in a tiny dark purple calyx, growing on whorls that are held on a short inflorescence that is {{convert|2|in|cm}} long.<ref name="Clebsch"/>
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
